BBMRI – Biobanking for Science

Date: 23-09-2010 - 25-09-2010

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Description:

On September 23-25, 2010, the BBMRI consortium will organise the “BBMRI – Biobanking for Science” conference focusing on scientific excellence in the various aspects of biobanking at the Novotel Amsterdam City, Amsterdam, NL.

The conference brings together leading scientists in the field, young scientists, biobanking managers and practitioners to discuss the science and new approaches in cutting edge biobank research.
 
The conference begins on Thursday, September 23 with a keynote address by Professor Daan Hommes on integration of hospital care and biobanking. On the following days, two other key note speeches will be given. On day 2, Professor Thomas Hudson will present new results in cancer research under a title “Translating cancer genomes into personalized health and disease management”. The conference will end with a keynote lecture by Professor David Cox from Pfizer highlighting the industrial perspective of biobanking.

The conference will provide results and solutions from biobanking related research with inside views on the upcoming revolution in the developing and emerging technologies, including new generation sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics, systems biology, bioinformatics and data mining as well as data protection. These sessions will be complemented by networking and knowledge transfer opportunities between members of industry, academic medical research and policy makers.

The complete agenda.

More information: http://www.bbmri.eu

Email address: christina.andracher@medunigraz.at